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Customer Feedback
We have provided the following selection of references by customers and industry colleagues to give you a feel for what Centralis are like to work with.
 | "Everyone was very impressed by the progress Centralis has made over the last year in developing a working infrastructure model combining conditional access with virtual desktops and application streaming. It was particularly useful to see the disparate products coming together into a logical and clear operating model; something that's been lacking from the vendors themselves for quite some time." Ewen Bruce, Mobile Services Architect, Standard Life plc |
 | "There were some gaps in my understanding of how things would finally work when I proposed a whole organisation adoption of Citrix for all of our 150+ applications. The Centralis demonstration brought to life the way that I had anticipated it working. It was also inspirational to see the relevant technologies coming together so neatly." Bill Remmer, Assistant IT Director, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust |
 | "Working with Centralis has allowed the AA to maintain the build quality, integrity and resilience of the Patrols laptop PC improving reliability and availability of the systems for the patrol. This in turn has helped to maintain a low cost base for the general support of the laptops." Chris Bailey, Head of Business Systems, The AA |
 | "When an Organisation seeks to exploit leading edge technology, you need to recognise that you need a partner who is an expert to make success easier. In Centralis BUPA found experts who also matched our delivery approach in every way and best of all kept to their promises." Ian Shaw, Head of IT Services, BUPA |
 | "The project was completed to our complete satisfaction....We were extremely impressed with the professionalism that the Centralis consultants showed throughout, the depth of knowledge they had of Citrix and its surrounding technologies, and the level of expertise they showed in executing the phases of the installation. Initial testing has gone extremely well, with very positive feedback from users" Chris Bulley, Systems Support Officer, Mid Sussex District Council |
 | "Pleasant and professional experts in the Citrix field. Whilst clearly very experienced in all things Citrix there is no feeling of arrogance or indeed being "all consultant". To the contrary , Centralis displayed a completely sensible and grounded approach to dealing with the situation and were always listening and reacting to the customer. A worthwhile experience which both achieved and exceeded the original brief. I would certainly do business with Centralis again" Barry Stelling, IT Manager, Marriott Hotels (Whitbread plc) |
 | "The impact Centralis made to moving things forward during a very difficult time was amazing. It was clear from the terms of reference that Centralis were experts in Citrix, they instantly wanted to understand our business and the issues it faced. They were able to exceed our expectations on extremely tight deadlines, delivering quality documents and plans to get us back on track. A fantastic experience, we would definitely do business with Centralis again" Alistair Norman, IT Services Manager, David Lloyd Leisure |
 | "All the objectives of the project were met including a number of changes and additions, and the whole process proved thoroughly worthwhile. Always professional and helpful, the consultants paid great attention to detail and went out of their way to accommodate changing and evolving requirements. Speaking from a technical perspective, it was obvious that the consultants had a thorough understanding of our complex technical environment and considerable technical expertise in the Citrix, Microsoft and Novell technologies involved. Equally importantly, they understood what it was we were looking to achieve and provided a number of helpful suggestions and improvements to the service." Dave Williamson, Infrastructure Development Manager, University of Warwick |
| "We initially engaged Centralis to undertake a review of our Citrix-based remote access solution. We were impressed by their structured approach that demonstrated a clear knowledge and expertise, together with an ability to deliver. As a result of this successful engagement, we have continued to work closely with Centralis to develop and improve our Citrix/Novell infrastructure that provides our global workforce with access to key Standard Life applications." Andrew Gordon, Standard Life |
 | "In Tesco, Citrix MetaFrame provides access to email, word processing, spreadsheets as well as mainframe applications that provide stock control and people management to staff working in 1200 stores. Tesco asked Centralis to review the way Citrix was used and found a number of ways to improve the service. Centralis have been able to provide product knowledge and practical advice to understand the benefits of correctly configuring the management services for Citrix deployments such as load balancing and licence management, which has made the service more resilient." Toni Lord, Desktop and Servers Lead Service Manager, Tesco |
 | "We engaged Centralis because of their understanding of our needs and reputation for delivering on their promises. Their project met all our expectations, and we were confident enough in the quality of service provided to award Centralis the contract to manage the Citrix environment as an outsourced service." Nick Atkins, Head of IT&T, University Of The Arts London |
 | "To sum up my feedback in one sentence, it has to be Centralis' willingness to go that extra mile on the RNLI's behalf, exceeding what was required of them contractually on a number of occasions." Richard Miles, IS Manager, RNLI |
 | "Centralis demonstrated a professional approach to planning and implementing the virtualised solution, overcoming any technical challenge presented to them and delivering to a tight timescale." Steve Conway, IT Manager, Permal Investment Management Services Ltd. |
 | "Centralis are very well known and respected for their high-level infrastructure skills and methodology-driven approach, and are exactly the right profile for a top-level VMWare partner." Lewis Gee, Senior Director, VMWare |
 | "Centralis have an established track record in enterprise-scale application deployment, and their independent selection of AdminStudio as the 'best of breed' toolset is a welcome endorsement. We are very pleased to announce this new partnership as an endorsement of their skills in delivering standard, reliable software installations to their customers." Adam Blackshaw, EMEA Channels Director, Macrovision |
 | "With their focus on the agile enterprise and end-to-end solutions Centralis is an ideal partner for Scriptlogic – our tools improve security and reporting and simplify administration, all areas in which Centralis has well-established expertise." Bill Masters, Channel Director, Scriptlogic |
| "The Citrix project was driven by a business model which promised both support cost and infrastructure savings and the opportunity to expand access for staff and students. We have now met all our main project objectives and now have the added confidence that the Citrix environment is maintained by Centralis as a managed service, backed by the prompt response from their helpdesk." Nick Atkins, Head of IT&T, University Of The Arts London |
 | "Ensuring new server builds comply with existing standards is always a challenge; especially when these standards move each month with the release of new hotfixes and printer models. Harvester's features give us the ability to ensure each server complies with our reference build quickly and simply. This gives us added confidence our build is correct and as a result has decreased our server time-to-deployment by an enormous margin. Without Harvester we'd need substantial manual effort to finalise each build. Harvester saves us valuable time." Roy Farr, Principal Wintel Specialist, Centrica IS |
 | "Our major concern when implementing Citrix...was the integration of NDS...Centralis were able to provide us with the knowledge and technical expertise to integrate NDS with Win2000 and Citrix - Two clicks of a mouse and our NDS users are able to login to the Citrix farm using their current NDS credentials. Password synchronisation is also taken care of with the use of Dynamic Local Users –Fantastic!" Paul Brown, Network Manager, Capital Radio |
 | "RMC initially engaged Centralis to overcome a major problem. They came highly recommended by Citrix Consulting Services and we were very pleased with the results of their work. RMC were particularly impressed with the skills of the Centralis consultants and with their commitment to getting us over our issues within the very tight deadlines. The success of the initial engagement gave us real confidence in Centralis’ knowledge and experience and we have gone on to use their services to develop our overall Citrix Access Strategy." Martin Lawson, IS Development Manager, RMC |
| "I was aware of Centralis and their considerable expertise in this field and invited them to propose a solution which met our present and future needs using a scalable solution based on Citrix. The solution provided is both scalable and secure, it will enable us to deliver applications to clinical staff irrespective of distance, in real time wherever they are" Dave Rose, IM&T Technical Architect, University Hospitals of Leicester |
| "Centralis have delivered a managed desktop for Centrica's mobile workers which has reduced the return to base rate for laptop PCs by two thirds. The Centralis CLAM software locks down a standard PC build and delivers a customised user interface, known as a "shell". This approach supports thousands of our engineers in the field by providing them with a user interface designed specifically for their job, and supports Centrica by reducing our support costs for this vital group of users" Peter Christie, Mobile Solutions Manger, Centrica plc |
 | "Centralis is a Citrix Solution Advisor Platinum partner – a program which is invitation only for resellers who build a business on Application Delivery Infrastructure and those that consistently execute well against objectives and goals. These partners are highly limited in number and are very tightly connected to the Citrix sales, technical and marketing teams. " Kevin Bland, Director of Channel Sales, Citrix Systems |
 | "With nearly 1 year's experience of Centralis, I am impressed with both the quality of the service provided and of the people who deliver it." Terry Ward, I.S. Operations Manager, NSK |
| "We see Centralis as one our key technology partners, working together to provide a solution which will deliver real benefits in patient care" Durgesh Parmar, Technical Business Analyst, University Hospitals of Leicester |
 | "When engaging with Centralis, we expected competence in specific areas because that's why they had been recommended to us - and that's what the contract promised! What we didn't expect however was the level to which the consultant assigned took it upon himself to own issues and deliver resolutions in associated areas that would have a major impact on deliverables. This emphasis on providing a solution as opposed to a set of completed tasks has been a major "plus" in our experiences to date" Tony Rucinski, Deputy IT Director, Cardiff University |
 | "We approached Centralis in order to regain stability of our existing Citrix infrastructure that had become uncontrollable and unstable. Centralis provided all the technical assistance and guidance onsite and remotely. Complemented with a full outsourced service, this now allows us to concentrate on the running of our business with a stable IT system. Business confidence has been fully regained as we now have a solid, robust and well maintained Citrix farm, all provided for by Centralis" Mark James, IT Technical Services Manager, Crest Nicholson plc |
| "Working with Centralis has been a rewarding experience. Always objective and highly knowledgeable, our consultant has shown himself to be as adept at participating in our implementation planning group as he is at building and testing servers. We have received excellent business advice and always know there will be a patient, informed and pro-active response to all our requests" Malcolm Johnston, Chair of Thin Client working group, University Of The Arts London |
 | "With Centralis AXE v1 we saved a customer with about 200 Applications more than twice the cost of the product during the application snapshotting process. With the new version we saved him even more time, since Application Objects can now be created directly from Centralis AXE v2.0. With v2.0 it has become even faster and easier to create reusable sets of rules. Using our large, self created set of rules we cleaned an Application snapshot from 400kb to 20kb and the Application worked ! Imagine the space saved in eDirectory and the time saved for the user installing the application. Centralis AXE cleans up snapshots within minutes instead of hours of manual work and you are able to establish a standard as to how application snapshots are cleaned out. This means that error sources can be eliminated and snapshots are of a higher quality." Mathias Faust, System Engineer, Sunny Connection |
 | "Centralis did address our requirement for ZENworks, NDS & Citrix integration, and the council was impressed with the company’s understanding of both Citrix and Novell environments" Ian Slee, Assistant Borough IT Services Manager, Bracknell Forest Borough Council |
 | "Centralis plays a key role in pushing forward integration possibilities. By improving the integration of Novell management solutions with Citrix MetaFrame, the Centralis Toolset clearly indicates how innovation by our Solutions Partners can add even greater value to our key products." Martin Buckley, Product Manager, ZENworks for Desktops, Novell |
| "Centralis are extremely well respected by both Citrix and other CSN partners alike, and their professional attitude to providing unbiased consultancy is first class. Centralis have always been committed to the promotion of server based computing solutions, supporting Citrix at most of the major Citrix events in Europe. Their strong in house development skills add significant value to the Server Based Computing environment." Steve Atkinson, Systems Engineering Manager, Citrix Systems |
| "Centralis have a unique skill set which enables them to deliver solutions which integrate Novell and Citrix technologies, enabling customers to get more value from their investments. Novell view Centralis as a technically strong partner, who deliver professional services to their customers. They have always provided an objective and impartial solution to their customers, focussing on the customer's needs, rather than the delivery of a specific technology." Andy Baldin, EMEA Marketing Director, Novell |
| "ZENworks for Desktops makes the lives of administrators and end-users easier. Centralis software complements ZENworks for Desktops and together they further minimise the risk, accelerate the deployment cycle and make administrators and end-users lives easier for the deployment of new applications." Martin Buckley, ZENworks for Desktops Product Manager, Novell |
| "Centralis has brought the remote users into an environment that we can now support. We can resolve any faults centrally and manage and upgrade software centrally......CLAM has played an important role in providing our high quality support to users, regardless of their location. The latest release adds in a range of desktop interface and central management features, which will further improve our ability to manage remote desktops." Peter Christie, Mobile Solutions Manger, Centrica plc |
| "Centralis have been a Citrix Solution Advisor for a number of years and have built up good relationship with the senior management teams in the UK and the US. Their recent Platinum status is in light of their focus around the Citrix technologies, ability to create awareness and deliver a solution. Centralis are a valuable partner to Citrix and their continued support is appreciated." Kevin Bland, Director of Channel Sales, Citrix Systems |
 | "It took about a month to complete our [ZENworks for Desktops] project, where it would have taken another 6 to 8 months if we hadn’t had Centralis software." Robert Garito, Systems Analyst, North Broward Hospital District, Florida USA |
| "Our partnership with Centralis provides our customers with proven expertise in the integration of market leading directory and application server technologies. This offers our customers greater choice and flexibility in the implementation of directory-enabled solutions." James McNab, Director of Strategic Alliances, International, Citrix Systems |
 | "Centralis AXE speeds up and simplifies the process, saving hours of work in deploying new
applications. [AXE] addresses a needed requirement for our network which complements and
enhances ZENworks for Desktops and its snAppShot tools. ZENworks for Desktops helps keep our desktop
environment synchronized and lowers our administrative costs, and AXE makes using ZENworks for
Desktops even easier." Kevin Doerr, Lead Technical Support Administrator, Student Services Computing, Purdue University |
 | "Centralis has brought together technologies from Novell and Citrix to create a first class solution. We really have improved our capacity to manage the network, and improved the service we deliver to users. Centralis identified a need, and delivered a working solution which I am sure many companies will find invaluable when implementing Novell managed Citrix MetaFrame solutions." IT Director, NYK Logistics |
| "By making it even easier to create application processing rules for ZENworks for Desktops, Centralis AXE clearly demonstrates how innovation by our Solutions Partners can add even greater value to our key products." Martin Buckley, ZENworks for Desktops Product Manager, Novell |
 | "One of the main features of Axe is its ability to 'split' AXT files into three components... You throw away the redundant stuff, put the server attributes into an app object that is run once by the administrator when installing the server, and deliver the user components to the users with NAL.
There are a number of rules included in the product for this, and you can create your own rules... Axe not only speeded up development considerably, but helped me make more stable and secure objects as well." Phillip E. Thomas, Senior IT Consultant, BKK AS |